Tenses. Active Voice

1.

Active
Voice

2.

Simple
•Present
•Past
•Future
•Present
•Past
•Future
Continuous
Perfect
PerfectContinuous
•Present
•Past
•Future
•Present
•Past
•Future

3.

Present Simple
Often usually always every day/year seldom sometimes
time to time
+
---
?
I
do
does
never
-(e)s
from
He
She
It
+ He works.
- He does not work.
? Does he work?

4.

Past Simple
Yesterday
the day before yesterday
+
last night
a week ago
прав. гл./-ed
II
неправ. гл./
табл.
---
?
did
+ He worked.
- He did not work.
? Did he work?

5.

Future Simple
Tomorrow
day
+
the day after tomorrow
next week
shall
will
+
He will work.
-
He will not work.
?
Will he work?
in two days soon some
I

6.

Now
Present Continuous
+
at this moment
still
constantly
always
am
is
are
from 9 to 11
IV -ing
! Like, love, want, hate, know, remember, understand, think, believe, have, forget, see,
hear, be, hope, belong, need, decide, agree, prefer, mean, seem: Pres. Cont.
+ He is working now.
-
He is not working now.
? Is he working now?

7.

Past Continuous
At 5 o’clock yesterday / from 8 to 10 yesterday / when I came in / while I was reading
+
was
were
+ He was working from 3 to 4 yesterday.
- He was not working from 3 to 4 yesterday.
? Was he working from 3 to 4 yesterday?
IV
-ing

8.

Future Continuous
At 8 tomorrow
+
at 5 on Friday
shall
will
+
still
from 6 to 8 tomorrow
be
He will be working at 8 tomorrow.
- He will not be working at 8 tomorrow.
?
Will he be working at 8 tomorrow?
IV -ing

9.

Present Perfect
Already
+
just
yet
ever
never
by 5 o’clock
since
lately
-ed
have
has
+
He has already worked.
-
He hasn’t worked yet.
?
Has he already worked?
III
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10.

Past Perfect
Already yet
+
by 5 o’clock yesterday
by that time
had
+
He had already worked.
-
He hadn’t worked yet.
?
Had he already worked?
by the time he came
III

11.

Future Perfect
+
Already
until midday
before then
by tomorrow
shall have
will
+ He will have worked until midday.
– He won’t have worked…
? Will he have worked…?
III

12.

Present Perfect Continuous
+
For 3 days
since morning
all week
lately
have been
has
+
He has been working since morning.
-
He hasn’t been working since morning.
? Has he been working since morning?
for 2 hours already
IV
-ing

13.

Past Perfect Continuous
+
since
already
had
lately
for some time
been
+
He had been working since May.
-
He hadn’t been working since May.
? Had he been working since May?
IV
-ing

14.

Future Perfect Continuous
+
since
already
shall have
will
+
He will have been working for 2 months.
-
He won’t have been working for 2 months.
? Will he have been working for 2 months?
for
been
IV
-ing

15.

???
Peter was talking on the phone for an hour.
I shan’t do shopping on Monday.
What will you be doing at this time on Sunday?
Are frogs eaten in France?